N.Y. Education Law § 7904: Requirements for a professional license

§ 7904. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a

license as an occupational therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the

following requirements:

(1) File an application with the department.

(2) Have satisfactorily completed an approved occupational therapy

curriculum in at least a baccalaureate or masters program, or its

equivalent, as determined by the department in accordance with the

commissioner's regulations.

(3) Have a minimum of six months of supervised occupational therapy

experience which supervision and experience shall be satisfactory to the

board of occupational therapy and in accordance with the commissioner's

regulations.

(4) Pass an examination satisfactory to the board of occupational

therapy and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.

(5) Be at least twenty-one years of age.

(6) Meet no requirements as to United States citizenship.

(7) Be of good moral character as determined by the department.

(8) Pay a fee of one hundred forty dollars to the department for

admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial

license, a fee of seventy dollars for each re-examination, a fee of one

hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring

admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one

hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.